Flowers Foods (FLO) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)
Flowers Foods (FLO) posted quarterly Operating Margin of 5.77% for Q1 2026, down 1129.0% year-over-year from 0.56% in Q1 2025, and down 206.31% quarter-over-quarter from 5.42% in Q4 2025.
Flowers Foods (FLO) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Flowers Foods (FLO) has reported Operating Margin for 18 consecutive years, with 5.77% the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.
- In Q1 2026, Operating Margin fell 1129.0% year-over-year to 5.77%; the TTM figure through Jan 2026 stood at 3.31% (down 351.0% YoY), while the FY2026 annual figure was 3.31%, down 351.0% from the prior year.
- Operating Margin declined to 5.77% in Q1 2026 per FLO's latest filing, from 5.42% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 7.8% in Q2 2022 and bottomed at 5.77% in Q1 2026.
- Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 4.87% across 5 years, with a median of 5.92% in 2022.
- Annual changes were most pronounced in 2024 — Operating Margin jumped 1252 bps — and 2026, when it plunged 1129 bps.
- Flowers Foods' Operating Margin stood at 5.92% in 2022, then slipped by 25 bps to 4.42% in 2023, then advanced by 25 bps to 5.52% in 2024, then decreased by 2 bps to 5.42% in 2025, then tumbled by 206 bps to 5.77% in 2026.
- Business Quant data shows FLO's Operating Margin at 5.77% in Q1 2026, 5.42% in Q4 2025, and 7.52% in Q3 2025.
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| 10 | Flowers Foods | 1.49 Bn | 1.47 Bn | 598.38 Mn | -5.77% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 3, 2026 | -5.77% |
| Oct 4, 2025 | 5.42% |
| Jul 12, 2025 | 7.52% |
| Apr 19, 2025 | 5.48% |
| Dec 28, 2024 | 5.52% |
| Oct 5, 2024 | 7.57% |
| Jul 13, 2024 | 7.77% |
| Apr 20, 2024 | 6.44% |
| Dec 30, 2023 | 4.42% |
| Oct 7, 2023 | -4.95% |
| Jul 15, 2023 | 7.21% |
| Apr 22, 2023 | 6.11% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 5.92% |
| Oct 8, 2022 | 4.79% |
| Jul 16, 2022 | 6.35% |
| Apr 23, 2022 | 7.80% |
| Jan 1, 2022 | 5.26% |
| Oct 9, 2021 | 5.07% |
| Jul 17, 2021 | 7.27% |
| Apr 24, 2021 | 8.84% |